carry-over

[ kar-ee-oh-ver ]

noun

1. that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
2. Bookkeeping. the total of one page of an account carried forward to the next.
3. carryforward ( def 2 ).

carry over

verb

1. to postpone or defer
2. accounting tax accounting another term for carry forward
3. (on the London Stock Exchange) to postpone (payment or settlement) until the next account day

noun

1. something left over for future use, esp goods to be sold
2. accounting a sum or balance carried forward
3. another name for contango
4. tax accounting another name for carry-forward See carry forward

Word History and Origins

Origin of carry-over¹

First recorded in 1735–45; noun use of verb phrase carry over

Example Sentences

Tocqueville emphasizes how American habits carry over into politics much more so than the reverse.

From The Daily Beast

Why would you go out and appoint Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and carry over that old regime?

From The Daily Beast

If public opinion is divided and conflicted, those divisions and conflicts will carry over into our politics.

From The Daily Beast

Their stores were conveyed in bateaux, which they were constantly forced to haul against currents and carry over land.

From Project Gutenberg

The twelve couples embarked in the boats, which crossed back many times in order to carry over the other princes.

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The poets justly carry over rhetoric when the scene demands it, and have often proved themselves excellent rhetoricians.

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To carry over the course a bag or two of clubs for the elect of Newbern was bound to be improving.

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The air has become so thin on Mars that sound will not carry over large portions of it.

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Related Words

• advance
• carry on
• endure
• extend
• go on
• last
• linger
• maintain
• persist
• progress
• promote
• pursue
• reach
• remain
• stay
• survive
• sustain